The intellectual world of sixteenth-century Florence : humanists and culture in the age of Cosimo I
Type
Bibliographic
Edition
Year
2020
TOC
Summary
Florence and Cosimo -- The city -- Who were the Florentines? Etruscan roots -- Received traditions -- Gelli and Giambullari on Florentine origins -- Supporters and detractors -- Florentine histories -- Past witnesses -- Diaries and private records -- Histories of recent times -- Medieval histories -- History, politics, customs -- Language and its study -- From Dante to Bembo and beyond : the century's first decades -- The Florentine language and its study : the Aramei -- Modern language practice -- Philological approaches -- Girolamo Mei on verse and prose -- Bendetto Varchi on language -- Vincenzio Borghini -- Writing about the arts -- Vasari and the Lives, 1550 -- The Accademia del Disegno -- Vasari's Lives, second or Giuntia edition, 1568 -- Florentine customs and practices -- The wedding of Francesco and Giovanna -- The dispute : the early history of Florence -- The Discorsi : city and diocese -- Urban culture : money and elites -- Conclusions -- Transitions -- Florentine studies